County officials handled a variety of agenda items during their regular finance/business meeting on Tuesday.

The Cheboygan County Board of Commissioners approved recommendations from the Board Appointments and Procedures Committee and reappointed Alice Mushlock to the Tax Allocation Board for a one-year term, as well as appointed Barbara Lennon to the Department of Public Works Board.

The panel also approved a Michigan Department of Transportation contract for the replacement of one Straits Regional Ride bus up to 30-feet in size with a lift. This would replace the final bus in the Straits Regional Ride fleet, which has met its useful life in mileage and years of service. The cost of the bus is $115,605, with $92,484 coming from federal funds and $23,121 coming from state funds.

The Board of Commissioners also heard and accepted a community plan from the Cheboygan County Council on Aging for 2014-2016. The plan is required every three years by the Northeast Michigan Community Service Agency, who is a funding source that provides about one-third of the resources that allow the Council on Aging to provide homemaker services, respite care, personal care and home-delivered meals to the home-bound seniors in the area, as well as subsidizing the congregate meal program. The plan must be reviewed and accepted by the Board of Commissioners.

A contract for a music and wrestling show was approved for Aug. 3 as a 2013 Cheboygan County Fair event at a cost of $1,500 to be covered by the fair budget. The International Rock and Wrestling Xperience will begin at 7 p.m. on that date and will last 2.5 hours. The event is promoted as family-oriented, entertainment only and does not involve real competition.

Also approved were an agreement with John E. Green of Petoskey in the amount of $128,375 for Cheboygan County Building boiler replacement; an agreement with Trust Thermal Abatement of Owosso, Mich. in the amount of $5,800 for asbestos removal in the Cheboygan County Building boiler room; and an agreement with The Architect Forum of Mackinaw City in the amount of $2,100 for architect services related to preliminary design, construction design and project administration for renovations to the midway restrooms located at the Cheboygan County Fairgrounds.

Additionally, the panel approved an advertising agreement with Northern Star Broadcasting to produce and air a number of 30- and 60-second advertisements promoting Cheboygan County’s Great Up North website in exchange for the county providing advertising space on the Great Up North website promoting Northern Star Broadcasting radio stations over the term of the agreement.

The Board of Commissioners also approved an additional appropriation for $2,000 that was not originally included in the budget for the purchase of legal files to hold juvenile case files.

A lease addendum for the Doris Reid Building was approved after it was requested by North Country Community Mental Health so the agency could comply with federal standards in that lease payments charged cannot exceed the county’s costs.

Page 2 of 2 - An Internet website policy was also approved that clarifies who can post/link information to the county’s site and more.

An agenda item regarding wage reimbursement for members of the Department of Human Services Social Services Board was tabled until the May 14 meeting.